Being a parent comes with one of the greatest responsibilities on earth; holding a child under your guidance and directing them toward a path of life that will bring them success and happiness. When a child blatantly refuses the loving guidance, however, and displays rebellion instead of obedience, it brings great detriment to both child and parent.
Traci, the main character of the movie Thirteen, exhibits a deeply unsettling rebellion towards her mother throughout the movie. She blatantly threatens her mother and expresses disturbing lividity when her mother makes any attempt at asking about her doings or plans. Her mother seems to be frightened of her own daughter’s extreme tantrums and mood swings, and does not appear to fully accept the possibility that Traci could be involved with drugs, theft, or boys. Thus, with no intervention until much later, Traci lives her life in a turmoil of substance abuse, wild partying, and constant lewd behavior.
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I would have monitored Traci closely and enforced curfews to prevent her from roaming about at night; I also would have forcibly involved myself in interacting with her friends in order to judge the type of influence they would have on her before she became affected. Despite this involvement likely causing resentment, I would prefer to be seen as overbearing than to lose my daughter to drugs or dangerous